The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-26

1878 the feti demons murdered family
of Immigrants aud captured the child
which afterwards made its escape and
perished.
a Corvallis paper of the llth inst.
syas: Wheat ,5oll a jump up To 80 cts.
on Tuesday, the Sth inst. \ telegram
from san Francisco, quoting wheat at
81 go caused the raise. The market
still has an upward tendency, and il
il possible that the dollar mark may
be reached.
&. III. Prescott, manager of the O. II.
& y. Co., has resigned, his resignation
To take effect nt once, As yet presi-
dent Smith has not accepted the resig-
nation and It is believed that he Will
not accept Il. However, Mr.. Prescott
has determined To engage In other husi-
ness. He will continue 10 reside In
Portland.
Several persons at Grants Pass will
probably be indicted by the next grand
jury for violating the game law. 1t Is
said that several officers of the law are
included i'm the list. }. G. Gillian, OF
that place, was arrested during last
week for running down dear with
hounds and was held to answer with
bonds at 500.
ON "Wednesday of this week, Mr..
ntfS. w btittt't vi the tlIiit III w 1iiatt
4 Thompson, leading grucers, Albany,
gave US n pleasant call leaving his
name for THE EMPRESS, also copy for
the neat little "ad' which appears i'm
another column, by which il will be
seen this firm are sole agents for the
celebrated Geyserite soaps, manufacture
cd at DENVER, Colorado. Certainly n
brand which will monopolize the trade
\ trial bar will convince anyone of this
fact.
John Davidson, a simple minded
youth living near Monroe, Benton
county, w;ls made To believe hy some
young men that they were going tn
kill him, whereupon he ran away from
them, and taking valuable horse be-
longing 10 +. Kittride, fled to the noun
tains. He afterwards voluntarily re-
turned the horse but was afterwards
arrested and placed in Jail. Ii would
seem that this punishment should .pS-
long 10 the young men who would
stoop 50 low as To frighten the weak
minded.
a year since the Gervais pnstoilice
was robbed by unknown parties. The
safe was cracked and the inside iron
box extracted and carried OIL. y few
DAYS ago some parties found til iron
box at IA lonely point one mile north OF
Woodburn. I'm the box was found n lot
of bank checks lost mt the time of the
robbery. The purse which contained
the pestcfficc money was also found
near by; also hatchet with which the
safe crackers had burst open the iron
box. No other clews were found, and
who the parties Were who robbed the
postoilice remains rs big Il mystery us
ever.
An enterprise is succeeding near Rock
Point, in Jackson county, Oregon, of
extensive marble quarries. Some So.
COO was expended. and the first kiln Of
lime was burned i'm May last. The
business has been extended and now
$50 barrels Of lime day are turned out.
The kilns are near the railroad track.
Many men are employed in getting out
the stone aud in cOoperage, etc. The
establishment of amy one industry
neccssitates the labor of many men who
must be fed, and this helps the farmer.
We herald the advent of any enterprise
which will keep money circulating II
home
Work has beeu commenced ON the
unfinished part of the Indian school at
Chcmawa by Mr.. G.. \. Roberts, who
has been awarded the contract. The
contractor will finish up the Office
building, which was erected last sum
mer, and will also construct bath
house, a lundrv and bakery building.
This work, says a Salem paper, will be
pushed forward to completion without
delay. Mr.. Gray the carpenter of the
schOOl, will also make some improve
ments this summer. Hewill soon com
mcnce the construction of three shops
la tailor, carpenter and blacksmith
shop, and a barn. 1t is proposed 10
build a picket fence extending en-
tirely around the grounds, which
will be two miles in length. The work
will be superintended by Mr.. Gray,
and labor performed 10y the students.
Says the san Francisco Examiner of
the 18th inst: :. B. Toby, of New
York, has arrived i'm this city and taken
the position OF general freight and pass
engpr agent of the Oregon Pacific rail-
road and Oregon Development com
pany, i'm which he and his. friends are
interested. MIR. Toby stated that the
Oregon Pacific company was having
still another steamer built for the Paci-
fic coast trade. i'm addition To the East
ern Oregon and the Willamette Valley,
already mentioned. The new boat has
not vet been named She is an iron
steamer of about 5000 tons burden and
will have steam steering gear, electric
lights and all modern Improvements
The firm of John Roach Il Sons, Ches-
ter, Pa, are doing its work. They eN-
pect to have her completed by Septem-
ber !, when she will at once start foI
this cost. This steamer, with the VA
quina and the other two mention FL
will form tri-weekly line between
san Francisco and Naquina Or